ARMED ROBBER HOLDS UP JEWELRY STORE

A masked robber armed with a handgun handcuffed a jewelry store owner to a safe and fled with an undetermined amount of cash and jewelry, police said.

The robber, who broke through the wall of a vacant, adjacent store, entered Kravitz Jewelers, 800 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., at 8:29 a.m. on Jan. 30, threatened store owner Arthur Libman with a gun, and handcuffed him to a safe, police said.